In the late 1980s I decorated two display homes in a housing development near Marbella on the Costa del Sol. […]
Archive for ‘Travel’
Le Corbusier’s house in Argentina
A few years ago, I watched a film called ‘The Man Next Door’. It was about an industrial designer living […]
A Glasgow kiss
I’m posting my pieces on two rather wonderful buildings in Glasgow, which were part of the Lost and Found: Glasgow […]
Ponderings from Patagonia and beyond
I haven’t blogged for a while because I was away, trying to soften the blow of turning sixty. It worked, […]
The bare necessities
As I walk into the hotel lobby I notice two things: the stupendous view over Lake Lucerne on one side, […]
Where do we grieve?
This was the holiday we didn’t think would happen. It had been booked many months before, with flexible airfares and […]
Losing the blues in Chicago
A warm glow comes over me whenever I think of Chicago. My trip there some years back was memorable in […]
The masque of Italy
If you haven’t already visited Venice then I’m sure it’s on your bucket list. There is simply no place like […]
A grand prospect
There’s something wonderful about flying. Even crammed into Economy on a fourteen-hour leg, I’m happy to sit there and watch […]
Formidable Firminy
New towns don’t exactly have a great image and are often used as symbols of soullessness, like Cumbernauld in the […]
